Catholic Outlook Magazine | September Edition | Season of Creation | 2023 Issue
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A prayer for our earth<br />
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe<br />
and in the smallest <strong>of</strong> your creatures.<br />
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.<br />
Pour out upon us the power <strong>of</strong> your love,<br />
that we may protect life and beauty.<br />
Fill us with peace, that we may live<br />
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.<br />
O God <strong>of</strong> the poor,<br />
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten <strong>of</strong> this earth,<br />
so precious in your eyes.<br />
Bring healing to our lives,<br />
that we may protect the world and not prey on it,<br />
that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.<br />
Touch the hearts<br />
<strong>of</strong> those who look only for gain<br />
at the expense <strong>of</strong> the poor and the earth.<br />
Teach us to discover the worth <strong>of</strong> each thing,<br />
to be filled with awe and contemplation,<br />
to recognise that we are pr<strong>of</strong>oundly united<br />
with every creature<br />
as we journey towards your infinite light.<br />
We thank you for being with us each day.<br />
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle<br />
for justice, love and peace.<br />
From Laudato Si’ - Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for our common home, May 2015.<br />
Image: Adam Bouse, Unsplash.<br />
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